Licorice Pizza 2022 DVD Cover. The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around, and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
In LICORICE PIZZA, it’s 1973 in the San Fernando Valley. Fifteen-year-old Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) is a high school student/actor. On school picture day, he becomes enchanted by the 25-year-old photographer’s assistant Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and invites her to dinner. Much to her own surprise, she agrees.
They become instant friends, though Alana insists that they remain platonic. Together they embark upon several of Gary’s ambitious business ventures, including a waterbed delivery service and a pinball arcade, as well as Alana’s stint volunteering for a local politician (Benny Safdie). Through their many arguments and misadventures, can Gary and Alana remain friends?
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